Lords of Flatbush

Release Date:  1974

Directors:  

Stephen Verona

Martin Davidson

Writers: 

Stephen Verona     …      (screenplay)

Gayle Gleckler        …      (screenplay

Martin Davidson     …      (screenplay)

Sylvester Stallone   …      (additional dialogue)

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From Oscars.org

As with American Graffiti and Grease, The Lords of Flatbush was part of a wave of nostalgia for the ’50s that was sweeping the nation in the ’70s. The coming of age drama tells the story of a small gang of greasers, with Stallone as Stanley, who agrees to marry his girlfriend when he thinks that she’s pregnant. Stallone is also credited with writing additional dialogue for the film, receiving his second writing credit for doing so before going on to write his first feature, Rocky. The Lords of Flatbush also features Henry Winkler in a leather jacket before going on to become an icon as Fonzie on the aforementioned Happy Days.

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Locations of L.I. Shoots:

School room interior was filmed at Old Westbury High School (This location was received at the time this page went up. Many years ago)

We received information from a visitor to this page 4-27-19 that the above location was wrong. They wrote that the school interior was the Westbury Junior High School because they were going to school there while they were filming. Our thanks to this person who sent us this new information.

Sunrise Drive-In in Valley Stream

Of Interest:

These three photos below were sent to me by Stephen Verona

Sly before Rocky

Photo by Stephen VERONA

BROOKLYN, NY – NOVEMBER 15: Actors Paul Mace, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler, Perry King in motorcycle jacket wardobe on their first feature film set “The Lords of Flatbush” on November 15, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York. Photo by Stephen Verona

BROOKLYN, NY – NOVEMBER 15: Actors Paul Mace, Sylvester Stallone, Henry Winkler and Perry King lean on an old Packard car in Motorcycle jackets and jean wardrobe on the set of their first feature film “The Lords of Flatbush” on November 15, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Stephen Verona/Getty Images)